Predictive Analytics for IoT Solutions

Course Code: MSF-0046

About This Course

Are you ready to start using machine learning to develop a deeper understanding of your IoT data?

This course uses hands-on lab activities to guide students through a series of machine learning implementations that are common for IoT scenarios, such as predictive maintenance. After completing this course, students will be able to implement predictive analytics using their IoT data.

The course is divided into four modules that cover the following topic areas:

Machine learning for IoT
Data preparation techniques
Predictive maintenance modeling
Fault prediction modeling

What you'll learn

Describe machine learning scenarios and algorithms commonly pertinent to IoT
Explain how to use the IoT solution Accelerator for Predictive Maintenance
Prepare data for machine learning operations and analysis
Apply feature engineering within the analysis process
Choose the appropriate machine learning algorithms for given business scenarios
Identify target variables based on the type of machine learning algorithm
Train, evaluate, and apply various regression models
Evaluate the effectiveness of regression models
Apply deep learning to a predictive maintenance scenario

Prerequisites

Before starting this course, students should understand the following:

IoT terminology and business goals
How to use modern software development tools
Basic principles of Python programming
Basic data analytics techniques
General machine learning concepts

Course Syllabus

This course is completely lab-based. There are no lectures or required reading sections. All of the learning content that you will need is embedded directly into the labs, right where and when you need it. Introductions to tools and technologies, references to additional content, video demonstrations, and code explanations are all built into the labs.

Some assessment questions will be presented during the labs. These questions will help you to prepare for the final assessment.

The course includes four modules, each of which contains two or more lab activities. The lab outline is provided below.

Module 1: Introduction to Machine Learning for IoT

Lab 1: Examining Machine Learning for IoT
Lab 2: Getting Started with Azure Machine Learning
Lab 3: Exploring Code-First Machine Learning with Python

Module 2: Data Preparation for Predictive Maintenance Modeling

Lab 1: Exploring IoT Data with Python
Lab 2: Cleaning and Standardizing IoT Data
Lab 3: Applying Advanced Data Exploration Techniques

Module 3: Feature Engineering for Predictive Maintenance Modeling

Lab 1: Exploring Feature Engineering
Lab 2: Applying Feature Selection Techniques

Module 4: Fault Prediction

Lab 1: Training a Predictive Model
Lab 2: Analyzing Model Performance

Course Staff

Chris Howd

Engineer and Software Developer

Microsoft

Chris is an engineer and software developer who has been working at Microsoft in various roles for the past 15 years. Before coming to Microsoft, Chris worked for the U.S. Department of Defense designing and developing computer controlled instrumentation and robotic systems, and was a self-employed contractor doing engineering research with NASA and select engineering start-ups.

Sheila Shahpari

CTO, Paritta Group

Paritta Group

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